VOA双语新闻 Powell Surveys Tsunami Devastation

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has visited the tsunami-wrecked region of Indonesia's Aceh Province Wednesday pledging to help the devastated area. 美国国务卿鲍威尔星期三访问了海啸重灾区印尼的亚齐省，他表示，美国将

VOA双语新闻 US Senators Visit Iraq

A U.S. Congressional delegation is in Iraq to meet with the country's interim government leaders and U.S. military commanders. Amid continuing violence, the senators say Iraq still needs U.S. and coalition support, and vowed to see the job through. 一

VOA双语新闻 Japan Remembers Sarin Gas Attack 10 Years Lat

Japan is remembering the lethal nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by a religious cult 10 years ago Sunday. A decade after the incident, legal appeals drag on, and survivors say they are suffering with little outside support. 这个星期天日

VOA双语新闻 30th Anniversary of Communist Victory

Tens of thousands of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians turned out in the streets of Vietnam to commemorate the communist victory in the Vietnam War 30 years ago. 几万名越南军民走上街头，庆祝共产党赢得越南战争胜利30周年。 V

VOA双语新闻 Thai Prime Minister

Thailand's prime minster, Thaksin Shinawatra, has paid his second visit in a week to the Muslim-dominated south in an effort to ease fears and bolster business activity there. The economy in the South is reeling from 20 months of violence in which mo

VOA双语新闻 Runoff Ordered in Iranian Election

Voters in Iran will have to go to the polls for a runoff election to determine, which of the top two finishers in Friday's election will be president. The surprise finish in the first round sparked controversy. 伊朗选民必须进行决选投票，以

VOA双语新闻 US Says Aid to Africa Linked to Concrete Resu

The U.S. House of Representatives is holding hearings ahead of the summit of the seven leading industrialized countries and Russia next week in Scotland hosted by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The U.S. government has expressed support for the id

VOA双语新闻 G-Four Group Seeks Support from African Natio

Brazil, India, Germany and Japan are negotiating with African nations in an effort to win permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. Backers of a council expansion proposal are hoping for an early vote in the General Assembly. 巴西、印度、德国

VOA双语新闻 North Korea Talks Take 'Friendly' Tone

Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs are continuing in Beijing in an atmosphere diplomats describe as friendly and positive - a far cry from the acrimony of the previous three rounds. 针对北韩核武器计划的六方会谈在北

VOA双语新闻 Undernourishment Among Burmese Children

A senior U.N. official says there is an alarming rate of malnutrition among Burma's children. The head of the World Food Program is urging the government to change policies that he says are hurting efforts to combat the problem. 一名联合国高级官

VOA双语新闻 America Helping with Pakistan Quake

President Bush says the United States will help Pakistan recover from an earthquake that has killed more than 25,000 people in Pakistan and 1,400 in Indian Kashmir. 布什总统表示， 美国将帮助巴基斯坦进行地震灾后的重建工作。在

VOA双语新闻 Americans' Support for Death Penalty

Convicted killer Kenneth Boyd has become the 1,000 person to be executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. 自从1976年美国恢复死刑后，已经执行了第一千宗死刑。 Boyd, 57, received a lethal inject

VOA双语新闻 Some Oil, Gas Facilities

Several oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico have resumed operations following Hurricane Katrina. However, an industry analyst says the full extent of damage to generating facilities is still unknown. 美国墨西哥湾地区的几个炼油厂在

VOA双语新闻 Bush Says War on Terror Will be Won

President Bush is campaigning his way toward New York City and this week's Republican National Convention, where he will be re-nominated to run for another four years in office. Mr. Bush spoke to the nation's largest veterans' group, The American Leg

VOA双语新闻---美澳宣布扩大军事合作

The United States and Australia have announced expanded military cooperation aimed at bolstering security in the Asia-Pacific region. President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the agreement after his arrival for a o

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—北京开始流行冰球运动

When one thinks of the sports in which China excels, swimming, gymnastics or track and field usually come to mind. But ice hockey? While the sport may not have as big a following as soccer or basketball, there are an increasing number of youngsters w

VOA双语新闻：切尔诺贝利撤离人员回访旧居

In Ukraine they call them Chernobylites. People affected by the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in then-Soviet Ukraine. Residents evacuated after the April 26, 1986 disaster lost their homes as well as their health. And the workers sent

VOA双语新闻：美国失业率继续上升

U.S. unemployment continues to rise, with a larger-than-expected number of job cuts in June. The unemployment rate now stands at 9.5 percent, the highest in 26 years. 美国的失业率持续上升。6月份裁员情况比预期的更加糟糕，失业

VOA双语新闻：缅甸为起诉昂山素季进行辩解

Burma has defended its prosecution of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at an Asian security summit in Singapore. Delegates to the summit have urged her release along with 2,000 other political prisoners in the military-ruled country. Sri Lanka and P

VOA双语新闻：白宫称美国经济就业形势比预期差

The White House says America's employment picture is worse than the Obama administration had anticipated just a few months ago. The somber admission follows the latest jobless report showing the highest unemployment rate the United States has seen in